Employers sometimes exploit their workers.
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Exploit
//ˈɛksplɔɪt//
Synonyms for "exploit" (134 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (40)
Related words (67)
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productionprofitprofit byprofiteerprojectput to advantageres gestaescrewskinsoakstepstickstingstrokestuntsuck drysurchargeswindlethingthing donetour de forcetrade ontransactionturnturn to accountturn to profitturn to useundertakinguseuse illuse to advantageutiliseutilizeventurevictimizeworkwork onwork uponworks
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9 entriesSynonyms
3 entriescoordinate
3 entriesderived
15 entrieshas context
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
12 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
135 translations across 39 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- مَأْثُرَة noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- اِسْتَغَلَّ verb (use for one’s advantage)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- istismar etmək verb (use for one’s advantage)
Belarusian
2 entries- вы́чын noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- по́дзвіг noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
Bulgarian
4 entries- по́двиг noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- постиже́ние noun (achievement)
- експлоатирам verb (use for one’s advantage)
- използвам verb (use for one’s advantage)
Catalan
4 entries- fita noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- gesta noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- proesa noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- explotar verb (use for one’s advantage)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 偉業 /伟业 noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- 功勛 /功勋 noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- 勛績 /勋绩 noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- 利用 verb (use for one’s advantage)
Czech
1 entries- využít verb (use for one’s advantage)
Danish
4 entries- bedrift noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- bedrift noun (achievement)
- heltebedrift noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- udnytte verb (use for one’s advantage)
Dutch
4 entries- exploit noun (computing security)
- heldendaad noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- wapenfeit noun (achievement)
- exploiteren verb (use for one’s advantage)
Esperanto
2 entries- heroaĵo noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- ekspluati verb (use for one’s advantage)
Finnish
4 entries- hyökkäyskeino noun (computing security)
- hyökkäyskoodi noun (computing security)
- hyökkäysohjelma (program) noun (computing security)
- hyökkäystapa noun (computing security)
French
3 entries- exploit noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- exploit noun (computing security)
- exploiter verb (use for one’s advantage)
Galician
1 entries- explotar verb (use for one’s advantage)
German
4 entries- Exploit noun (computing security)
- Heldentat noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- ausbeuten verb (use for one’s advantage)
- ausnutzen verb (use for one’s advantage)
Greek
2 entries- κατόρθωμα noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- κατόρθωμα noun (achievement)
Hebrew
1 entries- ניצל verb (use for one’s advantage)
Hungarian
2 entries- hőstett noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- kihasznál verb (use for one’s advantage)
Ido
3 entries- heroajo noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- prodajo noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- explotar verb (use for one’s advantage)
Italian
4 entries- espletamento noun (achievement)
- gesta noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- gesta eroiche noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- gesto eroico noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
Japanese
2 entries- 偉業 noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- 搾取する verb (use for one’s advantage)
Korean
2 entries- 공훈 noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- 위업 noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
Latvian
2 entries- izkalpināt verb (use for one’s advantage)
- izmantot verb (use for one’s advantage)
Lithuanian
1 entries- išnaudoti verb (use for one’s advantage)
Macedonian
1 entries- подвиг noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
Māori
4 entries- haumāuiui noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- mahi rāwekeweke noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- rāwekeweke noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- makihuhunu verb (use for one’s advantage)
Norwegian
2 entries- bragd noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- utnytte verb (use for one’s advantage)
Old English
1 entries- brūcan verb (use for one’s advantage)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- صاغمق verb (use for one’s advantage)
Polish
4 entries- exploit noun (computing security)
- wyczyn noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- wykorzystywać verb (use for one’s advantage)
- wyzyskiwać verb (use for one’s advantage)
Portuguese
4 entries- exploit noun (computing security)
- façanha noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- proeza noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- explorar verb (use for one’s advantage)
Romanian
4 entries- faptă de vitejie noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- faptă eroică noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- abuza verb (use for one’s advantage)
- exploata verb (use for one’s advantage)
Russian
4 entries- дея́ние noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- достиже́ние noun (achievement)
- по́двиг noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- сверше́ние noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- cleas noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- cleas noun (achievement)
- dèan feum de verb (use for one’s advantage)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- израбити verb (use for one’s advantage)
Spanish
4 entries- empresa noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- exploit noun (computing security)
- gesta noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- hazaña noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
Swedish
4 entries- bedrift noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- bragd noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- hjältebragd noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- hjältedåd noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
Ukrainian
2 entries- по́двиг noun (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- експлуатувати verb (use for one’s advantage)
Welsh
1 entries- gweithio verb (use for one’s advantage)
ǃXóõ
1 entries- ǂgàa verb (use for one’s advantage)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Robinson considers nature a mere object of scientific study to exploit for his own uses and pleasure.
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The country has resources, but can't exploit them.
Source: tatoeba (1199192)
Liisa had a problem with the fact that Markku constantly tried to exploit his superiority.
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